This week on Tina On Tech, two of the hottest start-ups that are disrupting their respective business sectors: TapJets and ZIG. Termed the “Uber” of private jet travel, TapJets, allows mobile users to book a private jet to a destination of their choice in about 30-seconds. CEO Eugene Kesselman talks exclusively to Tina On Tech about his company, air travel, and how TapJets goes above and beyond to ensure passenger safety.
Plus, the new kids on the block. It’s been about a week since founder and CEO Josh James and his team launched ZIG.
Striving to be the newest mobile publishing platform, ZIG pulls from millions of published [...]
At first glance, Josh James looks like yet another music executive leaping into the technology space. And why not? From Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine‘s bite of Apple to Snoop Dogg’s investment in the sports conversion app GameOn, the technology check is large and seemingly limitless. As former SVP of Live Music for Warner Music Group and founder of BaseCamp Productions where he brought in mega-talent like Pearl Jam, Linkin Park, Jay Z and Kendrick Lamar, Josh James was clearly the go-to guy in music. But his new venture, Zig.com, plays more to his passion for digital media consumption than computer app cliché.
During my recent interview with James, he was both [...]
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The TINA ON TECH RADIO program features technology news, culture, entertainment, science and product reviews from a uniquely “Tina” point of view. This fast-paced, highly stylized show uses music and campy sound effects, memorable scenes from pop culture movies, and off-beat humor to discuss the impact of technology on society. Lightly nerdy and slightly sexy, veteran journalist Tina Tyler hosts from a technology insider perspective, like a pixie inside a digital world!
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TINA ON TECH © multimedia digital video program is the first weekly, immersive technology news and digital lifestyle series in media history. Created and hosted by broadcast news anchor/reporter Tina Tyler, this groundbreaking half-hour series takes viewers into an advertising and brand-heavy cyberpunk city where cyber-pixie Tina Tyler aka Pi, interviews tech titans and reports on the latest technology news.
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